MARTINSBURG — An Arlington, Virginia, man died early Sunday morning in an accident on Baltimore Street that sheered the vehicle in half, according to a press release by the Martinsburg Police Department. Antwuan Barnes has been identified as the passenger in the vehicle, who was later pronounced dead at Berkeley Medical Center, according to the […]

Virginia man killed in fiery crash Sunday

MARTINSBURG — An Arlington, Virginia, man died early Sunday morning in an accident on Baltimore Street that sheered the vehicle in half, according to a press release by the Martinsburg Police Department. Antwuan Barnes has been identified as the passenger in the vehicle, who was later pronounced dead at Berkeley Medical Center, according to the […]

MARTINSBURG — An Arlington, Virginia, man died early Sunday morning in an accident on Baltimore Street that sheered the vehicle in half, according to a press release by the Martinsburg Police Department. Antwuan Barnes has been identified as the passenger in the vehicle, who was later pronounced dead at Berkeley Medical Center, according to the […]

MARTINSBURG — An Arlington, Virginia, man died early Sunday morning in an accident on Baltimore Street that sheered the vehicle in half, according to a press release by the Martinsburg Police Department.

Antwuan Barnes has been identified as the passenger in the vehicle, who was later pronounced dead at Berkeley Medical Center, according to the release.

Ladell Demont Webb, of Martinsburg, the driver of the 2013 Toyota Rav4, was admitted to Berkeley Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, the press release said.

At approximately 3:16 a.m. Sunday, the Martinsburg Police Department responded to the 600 block of Baltimore Street for an accident with a car engulfed in flames.

“The vehicle, occupied by a driver and passenger, struck a tree at a high rate of speed and had been sheered in half,” according to the press release. “The front half of the car was located beside the tree and the back half of the vehicle was found approximately 75 feet away.”

Webb was able to exit the vehicle and had pulled Barnes from the wrecked car, who was unresponsive and not breathing when officers arrived, the release said.

The preliminary investigation indicates the likelihood that drugs and alcohol were involved, the release said.

“It is believed that prior to the crash, Webb and (Barnes) had recently left an area club,” according to the press release. “Webb was driving east on Baltimore Street at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road just past the former Royce Hosiery factory. The vehicle slid sideways off the road and the passenger side struck a tree.”

Martinsburg Police were assisted by Sgt. Sell of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in the accident reconstruction.

According to the department’s press release, Webb refused to give the name of the passenger, which required officers and dispatch personnel to identify him and notify next of kin of his passing.

Barnes was identified through contacting the owner of the vehicle, DMV records and sending fingerprints to the FBI. Cpls. Garcia and Justin Harper notified Barnes’ family members of his death and “expressed the condolences of the Martinsburg Police Department,” the release said.